Sewing-machine table.



N5. 839,050. l PATENTED MAY 26, 190s.A n

, E. G. SAETTLER.

SEWING MACHINE TABLE.

. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7l 1907.

ATTORNEYS! ERNEST C. SAETTLER, OF GIDDINGS, TEXAS.

SEWING-MACHINE TABLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Application led November 7, 1907. Serial No. 401,088.

vTo all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ERNEST C. SAETTLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Giddings, in the county of Lee and State of Texas, have invented a new and Im roved Sewing-Machine Table, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in sewing machine tables, the object of which is to provide an attachment for extending the sewing top of the machine, particularly in such machines wherein the sewing top is elevated above the machine top proper, and affording little, if any, support to the work.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a pers ective view of my iin-- proved table as app ied to a manufacturimT sewing machine, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow.

In order that the nature and use of my improved table may be fully understood I have illustrated it in connection with a type of sewing machine on which it is employed, the said machine having a sewing top 5 forming a part of a frame supported on the legs 6,

the latter resting on the machine top 7. It is apparent in machines of this character that very little, if any, support is afforded for the work in the sewing operation, making it extremely inconvenient when working on articles of considerable size, such for example as buggy tops.

My invention is designed to extend the sewing top of the machine at the front thereof, and comprises side pieces 8 supporting a top 9, which is arranged in substantially the same horizontal plane as the sewing top of the machine when the table is attached. The side pieces S are spaced apart a distance to closely embrace the frame of the machine at their forward ends, and are detachably connected to the legs 6 by bolts 10 suitable openings being provided in the legs of the machine frame for this purpose. The side pieces 8 are connected together on their lower edges by a cross-piece or board 11, which seats on the machine top 7 and abuts against the front of the legs 6 when the table is in place, and operate to make the table steady l and solid with the machine. The rigidity of the table is further insured by brace-bars 12 which, it will be observed from Fig. 3, are contiguous to the inside of the side pieces 8 and run at an inclination, abutting at their opposite ends against the cross-piece 11 and a cross-bar 13 arranged at the outer endof the table.

' That portion of the sewing table which receives the sewing machine frame, is cut out at the top for admitting the sewing top of the machine, as best shown in Fig. 1, and the adjacent sides thereof overhanging the side pieces 8 are reinforced by brackets 14. Contiguous to these side pieces and the sewing top of the machine, the top of the table is provided with a leaf l5 hinged at its outer edge and locked in closed position by a button 16 pivoted to its under face, the said button operating to engage the adjacent portion of the table. This leaf admits of access ing the sewing table therefrom.

The invention as shown and described s while being the preferred manner of conx struction and arrangement of my improved attachment, may nevertheless be modified in particulars within the scope of the claims annexed. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A sewing machine table, comprising side pieces havinga top to provide an extension of the sewing top of the machine, said side pieces being spaced apart a suitable distance to admit the frame of the machine therebetween, a cross-piece connecting said side pieces together, adapted to abut against said frame, and means for detachably connecting said side pieces to the machine frame.

2. A sewing machine table, comprising side pieces having a top providing an extension of the sewing top of the machine, said top being cut out at the inner ends and between said side pieces to admit of the sewing top of the machine passing therebetween, and means for detachably connecting the side pieces to the sewing top frame.

3. A sewing machine table, comprising side pieces spaced apart a suitable distance to admit the sewing top of the machine frame therebetween, a cross-piece connecting the lower edges of said side pieces together, adapted to abut against said frame and seat on the machine top, a top carried by said side pieces', forming an extension of the sewin top of the machine, and means detachaby connecting the said side pieces to the machine frame. i

4. A sewing machine table having a top for forming an extension of the sewing top of the machine, a hinged lea1 forming a portion of said top, for admitting of access underneath the sewing top without removing the table from the machine, and means detachably connecting` the table to the sewing inachine frame.

5. A sewing machine table, comprising side pieces, a top carried by the side pieces, having a portion thereof cut out between and at the inner ends of said side pieces, for admitting the sewing top of the machine therebetween7 a cross-piece connecting the side ieces together', adapted to abut against the irame of the machine, bolts for detachably connecting the side pieces to the machine frame, a displaceable lear` forming a part of the table top, located adjacent to the sewing top of the machine, and means for securingl the leaf in position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST C. SAETTLER.

Vvvitnesses: i

D. A. CORDER, TiLLIE MUELLER.. 

